cordón
See also: cordon
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /koɾˈdon/ [koɾˈð̞õn]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cor‧dón
Noun
editcordón m (plural cordones)
- cord
- Synonym: cuerda
- lace, string
- Synonym: cordel
- shoelace, bootlace, lacing
- Synonym: cordonera
- drawstring, drawcord
- lanyard
- Synonym: acollador
- (military) aiguillette
- 1916, Horacio Quiroga, La guerra de los yacarés:
- El Surubí, que se había enamorado del cinturón y los cordones del oficial, pidío que se los regalaran, y tuvo que sacárselos de entre los dientes al viejo yacaré, pues habían quedado enredados allí.
- (The catfish) Surubí, who had fallen in love with the officer's belt and aiguillettes, requested them be given to him as a gift, and had to get them out of the old cayman's teeth, as they had become entangled there.
- (Costa Rica, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) curb
- Synonym: bordillo
- (Bolivia, Paraguay) clothesline
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cordón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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